Mathematics Institute, these essays collectively provide mathematicians and physicists with a comprehensive resource on the topic.

Caterina Consani is a professor in the Department of Mathematics at Johns Hopkins University. Alain Connes is a professor at the Collège de France, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques in Bures sur Yvette, and a distinguished professor in the Department of Mathematics at Vanderbilt University. He won the Fields Medal in 1982.